{"id":1062,"date":"2006-12-07T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2006-12-07T18:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/07\/preparing-for-windows-vista-retail-on-wwwwindowsvistaretailcom\/"},"modified":"2006-12-07T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2006-12-07T19:00:29","slug":"preparing-for-windows-vista-retail-on-windowsvistaretailcom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/2006\/12\/07\/preparing-for-windows-vista-retail-on-windowsvistaretailcom\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for Windows Vista retail on windowsvistaretail.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confused by which version of Windows Vista you want? Then you need some helpful advice featuring aliens. Microsoft has provided\u00a0same at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/\">Windowsvistaretail.com<\/a>, a new site designed to provide guidance for those on the shop-floor frontline. Rather than a standard product brief, it&#8217;s dispensing wisdom in the form of a series of animated shorts explaining the different versions, the importance of the Windows stickers on PCs, and more still to come. I can safely say it&#8217;s the most captivating retail briefing I&#8217;ve ever seen &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/\">check it out. <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Currently the first three episodes are live:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Episode 1\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista1\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Episode 1<\/a>:\u00a0Tom and his team learn about the different versions of Windows Vista and the Windows Vista Capable Program. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista1\/en\/index.html\">View Animation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Episode 2\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista2\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Episode 2<\/a>: Tom and his team learn about the new logos appearing on hardware, software, and peripheral devices. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista2\/en\/index.html\">View Animation<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Episode 3\" href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista3\/en\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"tag\">Episode 3<\/a>: Tom and his team prepare for the holiday season and learn about the Express Upgrade to Windows Vista Program. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.windowsvistaretail.com\/vista3\/en\/index.html\">View Animation<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Episode 4: Coming Soon!<\/li>\n<li>Episode 5: Coming Soon!<\/li>\n<li>Episode 6: Coming Soon!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More learning on selling and supporting Microsoft products with confidence at:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"http:\/\/expertzone.microsoft.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/expertzone.microsoft.com\/\">http:\/\/expertzone.microsoft.com\/<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsvista\/getready\/default.mspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsvista\/getready\/default.mspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/windowsvista\/getready\/default.mspx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.darrenstraight.com\/blog\/images\/2006\/12\/vista_aliens.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.windowsvistamagazine.co.uk\/page\/windowsvista?entry=aliens_help_you_buy_windows\">Windows Vista Magazine<\/a>\u00a0| <a class=\"l\" onmousedown=\"return clk(this.href,'','','res','2','')\" href=\"http:\/\/blogs.gotdotnet.com\/davbosch\/archive\/2006\/11\/29\/preparing-for-windows-vista-retail-on-www-windowsvistaretail-com.aspx\">David Boschmans Weblog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confused by which version of Windows Vista you want? 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